In most states, you pay taxes only on the actual lease payments, so leasing can put you even further ahead (see number 3 below). Plus, you typically don't have to bring cash to the table for a lease.
Q&A. The differences between an unadjusted trial balance and an adjusted trial balance are the amounts recorded as part of the adjusting entries. Adjusting entries include the accrual of revenues that were earned but were not yet recorded, and the accrual of expenses that were incurred but were not yet recorded.
The first is simply called the trial balance. This report lists all the accounts that a company has and their balances. The next one is called the adjusted trial balance, and is a list of all the company accounts and their balances after any adjustments have been made.